Made-up bow tie



MADE-UP BOW TIE Filed 00M 2, 1946 Fig.1. I

' Inventor- I sraeZ d1. gamer;

Patented Oct. 7, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MADE-UP BOW TIE IsraelA. Gamer, Newton, Mass. Application October 2, 1946, Serial No. 700,799

1 Claim.

This invention relates to made-up bow ties and the object is to providea construction of tie of particularly neat and attractive appearance andwhich can be very expeditiously made with the elimination of much of theskilled labor, particularly that used for stitching operations, hithertonecessary when a high class product was desired.

My invention will be well understood by reference to the followingdescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, whereinFig. l is a front elevation of the tie;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a spool of ribbon woven as a seamlesstube;

Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a plan view of one of the strips of which the tie is made atan intermediate stage in its manufacture; and

Fig. 5 is a top view illustrating the tie just before completion.

The tie which I am about to describe resembles those hitherto known inthe prior art in that it is made of two strips of material, such as Naand lllb, illustrated in Fig. 5 (although these strips are of novelconstruction as will hereinafter appear in the present case), which arefolded to form doubled ends Ma, and 14b simulatin the loops of a bowknot and extended ends Ifia and IE1) simulating the ends of such a knot.The strips are superposed in the manner shown in Fig. 5 and securedcentrally by an encircling strip 2!! which simulates the nexus of theknot as shown in Fig. 1. In the prior art these strips have been cutfrom silk or the like, folded and seamed along one of the longitudinaledges. The cutting had to be accurately done and the sewing carefullydone if a uniform and neat appearing product was desired. A lining wasusually inserted not only to give the tie body but because the seamededges, which were turned inwardly in the usual manner, provided aquadruple thickness along one edge of the tie which had to becompensated for in those areas where the material exposed at the outersurface of the completed article comprised only two thicknesses. The tiehad to be carefully shaped in the vicinity of the seam if it was to lieproperly. Thus many hand operations involving considerable skill werecalled forand cost was proportionately great.

In accordance with my invention many of these operations are eliminated,the manufacture is greatly simplified and a particularly neat andstriking product results.

The characteristic feature of my invention is that I form the strips Naand lob as sections of a seamless woven tube or ribbon l9 which may beproduced in practically indefinite length on a suitable narrow-wareloom. In Fig. 2 I have shown a spool S of such ribbon to indicate thatit may be supplied to the tie manufacturer in pieces many yards inlength. Fig. 3 diagrammatically shows the seamless and woven characterof the tube. It is not, of course, intended to indicate the exactdisposition and much less the number of the warps which go up to makethe ribbon.

This tubular ribbon is of the width of the desired tie and two sectionsof suitable length to be folded over in the manner illustrated in Fig. 5are out therefrom. If the fabric has a wrong and a right side, it mayconveniently be Woven on the loom with the wrong side out and, one endof the open tube is closed, as by the seam l8 (Fig. 4). If the end ofthe tie is pointed, as illustrated, the end is first cut to a point. Thesection is then everted so that the right side, or the inner sideviewing the right-hand portion of Fig. 4, is brought outward, this beingindicated in Fig. 4 by showing such turning outside-in initiated at theleft-hand end of the figure. The result is a closed end on the sectioncorresponding to the extended end IS with a neat inturned seam.

Two of such sections are then folded and superposed, as illustrated inFig. 5, and an encircling band 20 applied wrapped around and secured atthe back to produce the product shown in Fig. 1. If the tie isintendedto be used with a turn-over collar, a clip 22 of a suitable formmay be secured by the band 20 or a neck-encircling band may be attached.

It will be noted that in preparing the two strips the only sewingoperation is closing the end and this is a very simple one. No carefulcutting or fitting is required, the strips being of the widthpredetermined by the operation of the loom and with neat unbroken edges.The thickness of the band throughout its body is uniform and no liningis required. In view of the simplicity and cheapness of the operationsdescribed it is possible to utilize heavy fabrics, such as grosgrain,which not only require no internal support to form a shapely how but areinherently attractive as compared with more flimsy fabrics.

I have made no attempt to illustrate any pattern on the tie. Obviouslyany suitable pattern may be woven on the face of the ribbon which isexposed in accordance with the practices of the weaving art. Theconstruction is particularly adapted to stripes, which are formed by thegroups of adjacent like colored warps, the filler strands beinginconspicuous in the finished fabric. An important advantage of theinvention is that the stripes or other patterns are accuratelypositioned with respect to the edges of the flattened tube as it isproduced in the loom and remain positioned in the finished tie, noparticular care being required to secure this result.

I claim:

A made-up bow tie of the type comprising two su perposed strips eachfoldedto provide a dou- 10 4 bled end simulating a loop of a :bow knotand an extended end simulating an end thereof, which two strips aresuperposed and secured by an encircling band simulating the nexus ofsuch a knot, characterized by the fact that the strips are lengths ofseamless woven tubing each having the extremity of said extended endinturned and 7 Joined.

ISRAEL A. AMER.

